2008
Blog Action Day 10/15/08: POVERTY
Blog Action Day is an annual non-profit event that asks bloggers to simultaneously discuss a single issue each year on October 15th. The aim of the event is to trigger widespread discussion around a global issue through niche-focused articles that appeal to their respective audiences. The event began in 2007 when a group of bloggers asked each other, “What would happen if …?” and then decided to find out.
The first Blog Action Day in 2007 focused on the environment and more than 20,000 blogs participated, along with many major corporations and international organizations including – the United Nations Environmental Programme, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Google, Wells Fargo, eBay, Yahoo!, BlogTV Brazil, BlogAs Lithuania.
On October 15, 2008, bloggers everywhere will participate in the second annual Blog Action Day by blogging about poverty and by aiding poverty relief efforts. Several of the world’s most popular blogs have agreed to participate. Anyone may register for free at http://blogactionday.org.
Visit the Blog Action Day 2008 Website and register your blog today. TLL will be accepting post from authors and readers alike on October 15th 2008!!!!
Well, you can count Grrlplanet into the mix of those blogs who will participate…I had no idea that this was an upcoming event and appreciate the heads-up.
Poverty is a serious issue, and as much as we post about those who “have so much,” certainly it is far more important in the scheme of things, to focus on those who have nothing at all.
Thanks again, lesbian lifestyle, for bringing an important issue into the spotlight.
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